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Three Stools, Incheon and Gyeonggi Eats

Writes about restaurants, cafes, and bars found around Incheon, Gyeonggi, and Seoul. · Writes about: Restaurants · Cafés · Bars

PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon shabu restaurant: spicy Sanghwang mushroom broth, Gijangok

Gijangok Shabu Kalguksu Suwon Main Branch is a shabu kalguksu restaurant on Sehwa-ro in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon, that specializes in Sanghwang mushroom broth. The weekday-only Hearty Set for Two (29,800 won), ordered with spicy broth, brought shabu-shabu, seafood pajeon (savory pancake), cold boiled pork, kalguksu (knife-cut noodles) and sujebi (hand-torn dough soup), and porridge to finish. Free beef mushroom radish rice, complimentary muk-sabal (cold acorn jelly soup), a self-serve bar and a dessert corner rounded out the meal. With a good-value set and a spacious dining room, Gijangok Shabu Kalguksu is a kalguksu restaurant that works well for taking your parents.

Written Jun 13, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiRestaurants

Suwon Station Chinese food: Shilla Hotel chef's duck, Mirim Yangjang

Mirim Yangjang Time Villas Suwon Branch is a Peking duck Chinese restaurant on the 3rd floor of Time Villas at Suwon Station in Suwon, Gyeonggi. Trying Peking duck for the first time, the writer ordered the 59,000 won Peking duck set (half a duck, two meals and a drink) and picked jjamppong (seafood noodle soup) and smoky fried rice as the meals. Mirim Yangjang's Peking duck fully lived up to high first-time expectations, making it a solid pick for dates and family meals with a range of Chinese dishes.

Written Jun 12, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSuwon, GyeonggiCafés

Suwon bakery café: orange-juice bagel & Orange Breeze at Orange Bagel

Orange Bagel is a large Brooklyn-style bakery café on Omokcheon-ro in Gwonseon-gu, Suwon. The writer and her boyfriend tried Orange Bagel's signature orange bagel, said to be made with orange juice in the dough (4,900 won), plus the Deep Choco bagel (6,300 won), the Ssal Crack Sio rice bagel (6,300 won), an Americano (5,500 won) and the signature Orange Breeze coffee (7,500 won). With care shown in the interior, drinks and bagels alike, Orange Bagel was the most impressive large bakery café she had visited recently.

Written Jun 14, 2026Sponsored
PlaceSeongnam, GyeonggiRestaurants

Sinheung Station pork belly date with fire-show fried rice: Musoettuk

Musoettuk Samgyeop Sinheung Station Branch is a pork belly (samgyeopsal) restaurant in Seongnam, Gyeonggi, 315m from Exit 3 of Sinheung Station on Line 8, where the staff grill the meat for you. On a weekday early evening, the writer and her boyfriend had the Musoettuk 2-person set (46,000 won), onion wraps, a 1700cc pitcher of draft beer, and cast-iron fried rice to finish. Made with a fire show, the Musoettuk Samgyeop cast-iron fried rice had a deep smoky flavor and was easily the best fried rice she had eaten recently.

Written Aug 7, 2026Sponsored
PlaceNamdong, IncheonRestaurants

Guwol-dong Korean restaurant with hot-plate monkfish jjim: Haemokjeong

Haemokjeong Guwol Branch is a Korean restaurant in Guwol-dong, Namdong, Incheon, on the 2nd floor of Main Plaza, 136m from Exit 6 of Yesulhoegwan Station. On a weekday evening, a reserved table came with boneless monkfish jjim (agwijjim, spicy braised monkfish) for two at 35,000 won plus a bowl of rice at 1,000 won, served on a hot plate that stayed warm to the last bite. Haemokjeong Guwol Branch is a good pick for anyone who usually skips agwijjim because of the bones.

Written Aug 14, 2026Sponsored
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